The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Ever since Lu Panpan was demoted to a palace maid, her situation in the palace has been completely different from before.

As a palace maid, she naturally had no right to continue living in Ouxie Court with Lu Qingqing. She could only live in the simple lower room like other palace maids in the palace. She had no separate room and could only sleep on a large bunk bed where more than a dozen people were crowded together.

Without the identity of Lu Qingqing's younger sister, the other palace servants naturally did not treat her with as much respect as before.

Lu Panpan was a newcomer to the palace servants, and everyone threw the dirty and tiring work that they didn't like to do on her.

Lu Panpan found it hard to accept such a huge gap.

She tried to ask Concubine Xian for help, but this time, Concubine Xian turned her away. Even Yuzhu ignored her when she saw her, as if she were the plague god.

After Concubine Xian knew that Lu Panpan had failed in her bid for favor, she sat in the room shaking her head and sighing.

"Alas, this Lu Panpan is really disappointing."

In this matter, it was not that Concubine Xian did not want to help her, but that she gave her the opportunity and Lu Panpan messed it up herself.

She was carefully selected by the Queen Mother to replace Lu Qingqing in the fight for favor. However, although they were biological sisters, the difference in their abilities was too great.

Both of them entered the harem without any background. Lu Qingqing was able to be made a noble lady in one fell swoop, while Lu Panpan ended up being a palace maid and could only waste time in the temporary palace.

In fact, Lu Panpan also had the idea of ​​going to her sister Lu Qingqing for help, but every time she walked outside the Ouxie courtyard, she would always take back her steps.

She once made bold statements to her sister, saying that she would win the emperor's favor. But in her current state, she didn't have the face to ask Lu Qingqing for help again.

These days, without Lu Panpan's disturbance, Lu Panpan's life is refreshing and comfortable.

Lu Qingqing began to remember what Meng Qi had said to her that day.

As a person who has also traveled through time and space, Meng Qi plans to make a fortune.

During the past few days in the palace, Lu Qingqing carefully prepared food for Li Xuansheng and was busy taking care of the flowers and plants in the Ouxie courtyard, spending a lot of money.

Her current financial situation is indeed a bit tight.

So, he wanted to find Meng Qi to discuss it, and the two of them should work out a business plan together, so that at least they could get some financial subsidies.

Lu Qingqing prepared snacks and homemade milk tea in the room and said:

"Erxi, go get Doctor Meng and tell him I want to check Ping An's pulse."

Not long after, Meng Qi came slowly carrying a medicine box.

Since there were outsiders present, he bowed respectfully to Lu Qingqing.

"Your humble servant greets the noble lady Ming, and pays respect to the noble lady Ming."

Lu Qingqing raised her hand to signal him to stand up, and gave a wink to Erxi and Xiaotao, asking them to wait outside the door.

Meng Qi watched the palace servants leave the room out of the corner of his eye, then he let out a long sigh and straightened up.

"Oh, it's not easy to travel through time. Whenever there are outsiders present, I have to perform these fake formalities."

Lu Qingqing agreed with this deeply.

Thinking back to when she traveled through the harem, what she couldn't stand the most were the cumbersome court etiquette.

Now that there are only her and Meng Qi left, there is naturally no need to restrain herself.

She asked Meng Qi to sit down.

"Brother Meng, come and sit down. I have prepared some delicious food for you. Come and try it to see if it suits your taste."

Meng Qi looked at the milk tea and various snacks prepared on the table, and his appetite was aroused.

Living in the palace, the food and drink were far inferior to those of modern times.

What's more, Meng Qi was just a small imperial physician, and the meals he ate were far inferior to those of the concubines.

Moreover, Meng Qi can't cook on weekdays, so he can only come to Lu Qingqing's place occasionally to satisfy his appetite.

He picked up a piece of pineapple cake from the plate, put it into his mouth, and ate it with an intoxicated expression.

"Damn, your craftsmanship is amazing!"

"This pineapple cake tastes exactly like the ones I eat in modern times."

“No, it even tastes better than modern dim sum!”

Lu Qingqing raised her little face proudly, she thought:

of course!

The raw materials for this pineapple cake are fresh pineapples offered from Yunnan. There are only a few of them in the entire palace. Li Xuansheng saw that she loved to eat it, so he gave it to her specially.

Seeing that Meng Qi was enjoying his meal, Lu Qingqing wanted to take this opportunity to talk to him about their business plans.

"Meng Qi, you said the other day that you wanted to use modern technology to get rich. Do you have any ideas?"

Meng Qi was eating with great relish. He wiped the puff pastry crumbs from the corner of his mouth, then picked up the cup and drank a sip of milk tea to calm himself.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"But if we want to start a business, it would be best to do something with low cost, high profit, and that combines our strengths."

Lu Qingqing nodded, but in fact she had already made up her mind.

She is a first-rate cook and is also very good at making all kinds of snacks and drinks. Meng Qi runs a Taobao store in modern times, so her management level must be good.

So Lu Qingqing wanted to combine the strengths of both of them and open a beverage shop in the harem. If it was successful and profitable, she would promote it among the public.

She told Meng Qi her idea.

After hearing this, Meng Qi slapped his thigh hard and nodded repeatedly.

"Qingmei, this is a really good idea!"

"We can not only make milk tea, but also desserts, fruit tea and the like. Let's give these ancient people some modern food shock!"

"You have the skills, so you can research the formula. I have nothing to do in the Imperial Hospital every day, so I usually make some milk tea and boil some pearls, which is just right!"

The two of them hit it off immediately.

Lu Qingqing took out three hundred taels of silver from her belongings and slapped it on the table.

"Brother Meng, this will be my franchise capital."

Meng Qi picked up the silver bills on the table and counted them. There were a total of three hundred taels.

He scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Hehe, I'm just a small doctor and I don't have much savings. I'm a bit short of money."

"Since you are investing with capital, I will have to invest with my physical strength."

Lu Qingqing had never intended to let him pay.

She knew very well that it was difficult for people without a family background to make a living in the palace.

Even for a noble lady like her, her monthly allowance was all gone. The three hundred taels of silver note was the money she got from pawning some hairpins and jewelry that Li Xuansheng had given her.

Moreover, in this matter, she didn't want to ask Li Xuansheng for money. She wanted to establish an admirable image of an independent harem woman in Li Xuansheng's mind.

Lu Qingqing agreed readily.

"It's okay, Brother Meng. I'll be the chairman and you'll be the general manager. I'll provide the money and the formula, and you'll be responsible for management and operations!"

The two of them discussed for a long time in the house and finally decided on the name of their brand.

It’s called – Mixue Ice Palace!